the zeitgeist report

When I started this I said I wouldn't use the term "zeitgeist-y", but Lisa Loeb's new show is just so darn zeitgeist-y. She is cute and smart and she is looking for a boyfriend.

Actress Illeana Douglas is turning out to be Lisa's good-luck charm. From plumbers to dog-park lovers, Illeana attracts men like shopaholics to a sample sale. She tries to share her mojo moves with Lisa by setting her up with Gidget--the pampered pooch of Queer Eye 's Jai Rodriguez--to act as a man magnet at a puppies and singles mixer. But Lisa's best encounter there is with a fellow cat lover named David.

After getting his number (Debbie does not approve), the two make a date to meet at the zoo. But David spends more time yakking on his cell phone than talking to Lisa and actually ditches her midway through. Next!

And it just goes on and on like that. There are clues that she might be a total pain in the ass. In one episode she makes her producer go to couples therapy to work out their communication issues. He also used to be her boyfriend and is involved with another woman. There is a slight Sex in the City feel to it without all the cocktails and sex. She seems post-modern.